Improvement in land-roller



l To all whom it muy concern:`

iidim y' attent @with 'HERMANN an TVZLAFFfoF sr.V LoulsyMIss'ounI.

` Lette/rs Patent No. 97 ,697, datcl'Decem-ber 7,1869.

, IMPR'v-EMENT um LAND-ROLLER.:

Thesehedule referred to in these' Letters Patent and; making part o the same,

Beit known that 1, HERMANN Rn'rzLAFF, of Louis, in the conntyof St. Louis, and State of Missouri,

" have niadecertain newaud useful Improvements in Land-Rollers; 'and I do hereb'y declare thefollowing to be a full'and true description thereof,reference be-` ing had to` the accompanying drawings, audio4 the, letters `of reference marked thereon. I

y It i's well known that -land which has been properly i compressed by rollers, will retain its moisture-longer han loose` or fallowy soil; it is thereiore especially valujble to roll andcolnpress soils ofa loose, porous nature, for crops requiring moisture in dry climates, or in` sea- -sons of drought.

Agaimatnrm soil is a better foundation and sup- Iport for `grain-stalks,and resists the formation of Weeds and cheat-grain vgrowths.

"jIn order to more fully"l secure the advantages of rolling and compressing soil, the inatureot' this invention is i'n the use of aroller or rollers, formed with i corrugated faces, thuscansiug ridges and depressions,`

the latter retaining rain` snow, and' other moisturedeposits, and the whole roller acting more perfectly' to cause compression and :pulverization of clods by its ridged lshape thanif it were cylindrical.

ln its mechanical .coustrnctiom the nature of a this invention relates to the use of a seriesof beads, usually of cast-iron, ranged side Abyside upon a square shaft, and secured 'against .end play bya proper collar,

` forming one compact roller, with a'corrugated-surface,

to act as above described.,-l

` '1.0 enable those herein skilled to make and use my l said invention, I will now more full y describe the same, i

referringto the accompanying y Figure 1 as a sectional elevation, and to FigureZ as a top. plan.` I Irsecure the'parts of myl saidroller in a proper vframe, A,'t`o'1which the tongue or pole B is suitably attached. 4

Said frame is braced by rods C, and the connection ivith the tongue Bis made more secure by braces D. On thc side bars A of said frame, I arrange, in proper bearings, the roller-shafts'E, so as to turn freely in said bearings.

The inner part of said shafts is made square, and

receivesV the beads F, which -form, taken conjointly,` I the rollers F'. i

The saidbeads will usually be made hollow,- and of cast-iron, and have the outline of tivo frusta of cones,

placed with theirlarger bases ill-contact, as shown in" iig. 2. It is plain, therefore, that breakage of any one or more ofsaid beads does not render the entire roller` useless, 'and that the broken parts may readily be replaced. Y

Tapi-event the beads F from end play, the shafts E have permanent collars, e, and adjustable collars c'. i By placing tworollers,l1", in contignity, and sovthat the beads vof the one shallproject into the indentation formed by the beads of the other, the said rollers will a'ot to cleanse eac-h other of clods, besides acting more efficiently in the distribution of the roller-pressure upon .thesoiL l Having thus fully described my invention, l That Iolailn, is-

y The frame A, shafts E, and rollers 11", with intel@ v matching,r beads F, substantially as set forth.

' In testimony'of saidinvention, Ihave hereunto set my hand, in presence Ofl L HERMANN RETZLAFF.

`Witnesses:

J H. W, VOGEL, WILLIAM W.'HER'1HEL. 

